Book-support.



PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

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APPLICATION FILED RAIN, 1905.

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No. 820,170 PATENTED- MAY 8, 1906.

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BOOK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1905.

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BOOK-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed May 23,1905. Seria1No.261,823.

To all w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ENooH W. BARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodstock, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Book-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a book-support for use primarily on school-desks for holding a book above the top of the desk, thus giving a pupil more room to do his regular written work in connection with the necessary text and reference books.

Without the use of such a device a pupil works at a disadvantage, as a great part of the desk is taken up by books, leaving but a small portion on which work can be done. This necessarily forces him to the extreme edge of his desk, where it is difficult for him to do justice to himself.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a school-desk with one form of book-support thereon. Fig. 2 represents an elevation, enlarger scale, of the booksupport. Fi 3 is a perspective view of the main bar of t e folding book-rack. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the supporting-rod. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fi 2. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a portion of the Iase with the supporting-rod held therein. Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of the left side of a school-desk with a modified form of my invention applied thereto. Fig. 8 is a view in section on line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a further modification.

Similar letters refer to the same parts on the several figures.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, A indicates a base made broad and heavy on the bottom that it may retain its place on a desk or table. From the center of the base A rises a stern A, having a vertical central perforation a therein and a cross-notch a at its top, into which perforation the lower end 6 of a supportingrod B is placed, said rod having an oflset b to fit in the notch a and prevent the rod from being turned. The rod B extends above the offset 1) in an inclined direction (see Fig. 6) for some distance, a lateral angular bend I) being given it near its upper end and then back) again in a horizontal direction to form a The book-rack proper may be described in general terms as consisting of a central upright bar D, having a transverse eye (1 at its upper end for the horizontal pin 5 of the rod B, also a foot-piece d on its lower end, having an opening through which the rod B passes, and an offset (1 between its ends, two shelfpieces E, pivoted to the central bar near the lower end, on which the book rests, and other bars F so joined that the rack C may be folded into a compact form against the centralbarD.

' A modified form of base and supportingrod is shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In this case the base-piece consists of a strip of metal H, formed with a series of parallel semicircular hollow ribs or sockets h, notched on one side, as at h. Holes 71 in the strip H between the ribs or sockets h, are for screws, which fasten the strip on the left edge of a desk, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. The base-piece or strip H may extend along the entire edge of the desk or only a portion thereof; 1

The rod B in the modified form of base is supported by slipping its lower end b into one of the ribs it until the offset 1) enters the notch h which holds the rod in position and prevents it from turning 0r rocking.

A further modification is illustrated in Fig. 9 and consists of a disk H centrally perforated at h for the lower end b of the supporting-rod B. The disk H is to be fastened in some suitable position on the top of. the desk by means of pins or screws W. A hole is bored in the desk below the opening it. When the supporting-rod B is inserted in the opening h the offset 6 thereon will rest between the pins or screws h and prevent the rod from turnin Having thus escribed the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a book-support, a socketed member having a notch arranged at an angle with relation to said socket, arack for holding books, and a supporting-rod for the book-rack having its lower end positioned in said socket and bent to provide an offset to engage in said notch.

2. In a book-support, a socketed member having a notch arranged at an an le with relation to said socket, a rack for ho ding books having its central bar provided with attaching means, and a supporting-rod for the bookrack having its lower end positioned in said socket and bent to provide an offset positioned in said notch, said supporting-rod being secured to the central bar through the medium of said attaching means.

3. In a book-support, a socketed member provided with a notch arranged at an an le with relation to said socket, a rack for he ding books having the central bar thereof provided with an eye and a perforated footpiece, and a supporting-rod for the book rack having its lower end positioned in said socket and provided with an offset positioned in said notch, said supporting-bar being passed through the perforation of said footpiece and having its upper end positioned in said eye.

4. In a book-support, a socketed member provided With a notch arranged at an an 1e with relation to said socket, a rack for ho? ing books having a transverse eye and a perforated foot-piece, and a supporting-rod for the book-rack having its lower end positioned 15 in said socket and provided with an offset ositioned in said notch, said supportin -rod being passed through the perforation 0 said footpiece and having its upper end disposed horizontally and mounted in said eye.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

A EN OCH W. BARKER. Witnesses 4 GEORGE D. METOALF, LEON C. CLARK. 

